Description

SJ 78 NE BOWDON SOUTH DOWNS
ROAD
(south side)

7/69 Moss Farmhouse
26.4.76

G.V. II

House. C16 and C17 with later alterations. Rendered brick,
the crosswing having a stone plinth, and slate roof
(replacement of thatch). 3-bay C16 wing with one storey and
attic. 2-storey C17 crosswing at left end. The 3-bay range
has a casement window in each bay and a central door and C20
porch. The eaves have been raised to accommodate the attic
and 2 dormer windows are inserted at the rear. The rear door
is opposite the front door and there is a leanto on the
right gable. The C17 crosswing has a total of 11 casement
windows as well as one 3-light ovolo-moulded timber mullion
window of C17. Gable stacks to both ranges. 2 cruck frames
divide the units of the single storey range and chamfered
beams and framed partitions are found almost throuqhout.
Mrs Gaskell is known to have visited the farm regularly. W A Singleton
suggests that the Cruck frames as early as C15. W A Singleton "Moss Farm Bowden"
Cheshire, Life January 1959.

Listing NGR: SJ7658086383

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415101

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)